Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!ppp18.cac.psu.edu!rps8 From: rps8@psu.edu (Ralf Southard) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: CD ROM: need it to be cooled! Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 20:29:05 GMT Organization: CAC Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <3196s3$5q9@crl2.crl.com> <20509bwb.14.2E390B6C@msu.edu> <31eb2m$r0u@carina.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp18.cac.psu.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] Xref: cdrom.com alt.cd-rom:7506 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:4085 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:6461 In article <31eb2m$r0u@carina.unm.edu> rsquires@unm.edu (roger m squires) writes: >From: rsquires@unm.edu (roger m squires) >Subject: Re: CD ROM: need it to be cooled! >Date: 30 Jul 1994 13:52:54 -0600 >>>I don't think it is possible for the user to service these drives and >>>they shouldn't need it. I would be very concerned about the high >>>temperatures. Your drive is only rated at 50 deg C, and I don't think >>>the disks will withstand that temperature very long. *No* part of your >>>computer should feel hot to the touch, > One problem with tower cases is that there is absolutely > no air circulation around drive bays, and good luck on > mounting a fan where it would do any good. I have a Tower system for my Pentium-90... there is PLENTY of room for circulation, even at the drive bays (10 bays). It helps to space them out too. Ralf